# Cappuccino vs latte: caffeine and calories

Both drinks are built on one espresso shot, so the caffeine is identical. The milk is where they part company, and it is worth about 90 calories.

## Numbers the app uses

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Default serving | 200 ml |
| Hydration factor | 1.10 |
| Counts toward the daily goal | 220 ml per serving |
| Caffeine | 63 mg per serving |
| Calories | 30 kcal per 100 ml (60 kcal per serving) |

## Identical coffee, different amount of milk

A cappuccino and a latte are both a single espresso shot finished with milk, so both carry 63 mg of caffeine. Anyone choosing between them for a caffeine reason is choosing on a difference that does not exist. What does differ is how much milk goes in. The app's cappuccino is a 200 ml drink at 60 kcal, against a latte's 350 ml at 147 kcal. Same coffee, 87 fewer calories, because there is 150 ml less milk in the cup.

## Foam is milk with air whipped into it

A cappuccino usually arrives in a cup that looks as full as a latte's, and it is. The top third of it is just not liquid. Foam is milk with air beaten through it. It fills volume it does not weigh. That is why the serving is 200 ml rather than the size of the cup. The drink still earns the milk bonus. At a hydration factor of 1.10, the app credits those 200 ml as 220 ml toward the goal. Whipping milk does not stop it being milk.

## The after-dinner one is still there at bedtime

A cappuccino at eight in the evening has barely started working by nine. Caffeine peaks close to two hours after the drink. A 63 mg cup is near its maximum right when the evening winds down. About 45 mg of it is still in circulation at eleven. That is roughly a cup of black tea's worth of caffeine, arriving at bedtime. The app's coffee deadline usually rules out an after-dinner cappuccino for exactly this reason. It is the strongest argument for ordering decaf rather than skipping the cup.

## Source

Hydration factors follow the Beverage Hydration Index. Maughan RJ, Watson P, Cordery PA, et al. “A randomized trial to assess the potential of different beverages to affect hydration status: development of a beverage hydration index.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016;103(3):717-723. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26702122/

Page: https://waterchamp.app/drinks/cappuccino/